Curious Vibe Coding with Hypandra

Early on in this adventure, it became obvious I couldn't just stand by and be a COO (or even a helper for that matter) effectively without getting my hands dirty in the actual build process, so I've been learning how to vibe code (look at me dad!).

I've created a few things. I've written about one of them here, but just a week later, I'm already seeing the value that Hypandra brings when doing this new task and developing this new skill.

I am NOT somebody that was ever trained in coding at all. I do, however, know how to communicate. But even with all of my confidence, I still need to frame myself correctly for this new style of communication in order to yield quick results and be an easy burden on my business partner.

My lofty goal after working on the email notification piece was to create a flow that allows users to star questions in our new "Pairwise" lab, and have those automatically get saved to a Project tied to their account.

The first go through of this was quite a struggle because I was trying to do things quickly with assumptions based on what I have seen in my other experiences working with developers. Every time it seemed like something was going to fire off correctly, another piece was coming up broken or misaligned.

Then I sat down and thought about the questions I had – because I felt that I was thrashing and not learning, putting speed in front of clarity.

Me: "What nuance are most people missing when they prompt AI models to assist with coding tasks?"

Hypandra, in Explore (doing what it does):

Consider this: spend a session not just asking AI to write code, but asking it to explain why it chose a particular approach, what alternatives it considered, and what additional context might change its recommendations. Notice what surprises you about its reasoning process—and what that reveals about your own. (See the full reflection and project here)

Curiosity isn't a vibe; it's quality assurance. Asking better questions made me faster, because it surfaced my assumptions and clarified the goal. I keep trying to explain that—then life hands me a perfect example.